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2003 Baltimore Ravens season

2003 Baltimore Ravens season
OwnerArt Modell
General managerOzzie Newsome
Head coachBrian Billick
Offensive coordinatorMatt Cavanaugh
Defensive coordinatorMike Nolan
Home fieldM&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record10–6
Division place1st AFC North
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Titans) 17–20
Pro BowlersRB Jamal Lewis
TE Todd Heap
T Jonathan Ogden
LB Peter Boulware
LB Ray Lewis
LB Adalius Thomas
CB Chris McAlister
S Ed Reed

The 2003 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's eighth season in the NFL. They improved upon their previous output of 7–9, winning 10 games and making the third playoff appearance in franchise history.[1] This marked the first season when the Ravens won their division. One memorable moment came in week 2, when Jamal Lewis set the NFL record for most rushing yards in a single game, rushing for 295 yards against the Cleveland Browns.[2] Lewis went on to rush for 2,066 yards on the season and was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year. In addition, Ray Lewis was named Defensive Player of the Year and 2003 first round pick Terrell Suggs was named Defensive Rookie of the Year.

The Ravens’ home stadium was renamed “M&T Bank Stadium’, a name which has remained unchanged ever since.

In Week 12 against the Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore fought from a seventeen-point deficit halfway through the 4th quarter to force overtime, winning 44–41. The game was named to NFL Top 10 as #9 on Top Ten Comebacks.[3]

The Ravens season ended in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, when they lost 20–17 to the Steve McNair-led Tennessee Titans.

Shortly after the loss Art Modell sold his majority ownership (retaining 1%) of the team to minority owner Steve Biscotti.

  1. ^ 2003 Baltimore Ravens
  2. ^ Lewis rushes for 295 yards!. Pro Football Hall of Fame. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Top 10 greatest comebacks in NFL history". National Football League. January 7, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2013.